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INDEX TO THE THISTLE.

57; copy of Letters of Dispensation, 58; Chapterheld 16th April 1834, for the election of the Earl ofErrol, 59 ; State dinners given by the Sovereign to theKnights of the Order, on the 8th of May 1833, onthe 8th of May 1834, and on the 7th of May 1835,60 ; death of King William the Fourth, and succes-sion of Her Majesty Queen Victoria; election andinvestiture of the Marquess of Breadalbane on the21st March 1838, and of the Duke of Roxburgh andthe Earl of Rosebery on the 18th March 1839, 61 ;state of the Order on the 15th February 1841, 61;General Remarks, including a summary of the numberof the Knights of the Order, with their relative ranks,80; and observations thereupon, 81; list of thenames of all the Knights of the Thistle who were notPeers of Scotland, from 1704 to 1839, 81 n.; list ofthe noble families of Scotland who have most fre-quently enjoyed the distinction, 82; Knights of theThistle elected into the Garter; the Duke of Sussexthe only instance of a Knight of the Garter beingelected into the Thistle ; remarks on the Statutes asadapted to the present state of the Order; alterationmade in the Insignia; the ceremonial prescribed dif-fers from that performed; no Ecclesiastical Officermentioned; no Chancellor appointed or Seal made;no allusion to the Fees or Salaries of the Officers ; no

provision made for the precedency of the Knights,82; the forms of election and installation retainedwithout utility, and observations thereupon ; Chrono-logical list of the Knights from 1687 to the presenttime, xxxi—xxxv; of officers of the Order from 1687to the present time, xxxv, xxxvi.

Usher of the Green Rod, appointed by the Statutes of1687, his habit, badge, and rod, 22, 78; Mr. Brandappointed, 27th November, 1714, 34; the form ofthe oath to be taken by him to be the same as thatappointed for the Secretary, 35; remarks upon theOffice of, 77 ; his salary and fees, 78 ; copy of thememorial of Mr. Quarme presented to King Georgethe Third in 1766, praying that he might be placedon the same footing as Sir Thomas Brand, the lateUsher, xxix; copy of the King’s warrant granting asalary to the, xxix; Chronological list of the personswho have held the Office of, from 1714 to the pre-sent time, xxxvi.

William the Fourth, King, at his accession, was thesenior Knight of the Order; wore the Collar of theThistle at the funeral of King George the Fourth,and at his own coronation, 57 ; state of the Order athis accession, 57 n.